FKIE_CVE-2008-6903

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-08-06 00:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:03
Severity
Summary
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows before 7.6.3, Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x before 4.7.18, Anti-Virus for OS X before 4.9.18, Anti-Virus for Linux before 6.4.5, Anti-Virus for UNIX before 7.0.5, Anti-Virus for Unix and Netware before 4.37.0, Sophos EM Library, and Sophos small business solutions, when CAB archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a "fuzzed" CAB archive file, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/50863
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33177Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/50863
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33177Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sophos anti-virus 4.7.18
sophos anti-virus 4.7.18
sophos anti-virus 4.9.18
sophos anti-virus 4.37.0
sophos anti-virus 6.4.5
sophos anti-virus 7.0.5
sophos anti-virus7.6.3 *
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